The Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following nominees for Council in 2020. A vote will be held during the virtual Annual Meeting on January 29, 2021.
Elizabeth Denlinger (New York Public Library) Chaired the Nominating Committee, which also included Jose Guerrero (Sutro Library, California State Libraries), E. Haven Hawley (Smathers Library, University of Florida), and Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (Rare Book School). The Society thanks them for their service.
The “Radical Publishing in CDMX” speaker series highlights creative bibliographic research and practice originating in Mexico City and aims to highlight transnationalism in bibliographic studies and tie bibliographic history to the current sociopolitical context. Co-sponsored by BSA and UCLA Library, these four virtual events will be presented in Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation by Antena Los Angeles.
As recent social justice movements have brought renewed attention to institutional collecting practices and systemic racism in the scholarly community, the Bibliographical Society of America seeks to honor Dorothy Porter’s contributions to bibliography, and Black bibliography specifically. Click below to read more about our ongoing celebration of Porter’s achievements, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the publication of her essay “Early American Negro Writings” in PBSA.
